The Supreme Court yesterday heard arguments in Winter v. Natural Resources Defense Council, a case revolving around Navy sonar exercises off the coast of California and their potential impact on the environment. Justices on both sides of the normal ideological division seemed unpersuaded by the NRDC. Justice Breyer at one time asked, I will express [...]

On April 17, 2007, the Court will hear oral arguments in the consolidated cases of National Association of Home Builders v. Defenders of Wildlife and EPA v. Defenders of Wildlife. The Clean Water Act requires the EPA to approve state programs designed coordinate with the National Pollutatant Discharge Ellimination System that adhere to nine criterea. [...]

In an unusually busy day, the Supreme Court handed down three very interesting rulings in cases that ranged from Guantanamo Bay to the EPA. In Boumediene v. Bush and Odah v. US, cases argued together, the Court refused to grant two inmates petitions of certiorari. Justices Stevens and Kennedy penned an opinion in favor of [...]